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March 30, 2012 in Reviews with 26 Comments

Promote Your Best Blog Post

It’s fun Friday again, Fun Seekers. And today’s edition is another free promotion.

The subtitle of this post is “Lifting Up the Next Generation.”

Unlike our last shameless promotion, which was available to and for every reader, this particular promotion is age-limited.

Now before some of you reach for the TUMS, I will be having future promotions that will include everyone again, just like last time (that’s your cue to sigh in relief.)

But today, I want to highlight our younger bloggers. (Those of you who are 40+, afford me that right without taking unnecessary offense, okay?)

Alright, here’s how it works.

If you are under the ripe young age of 40 (meaning, you’re in your teens, 20s, or 30s), you get the chance to promote your best blog post today.

Comments will be turned off tomorrow morning, so you get one shot at this.

(Last time, a large number of our subscribers never saw the promotion because they don’t read every post, so they missed out. I hope doesn’t happen today.)

But it gets even better.

Tomorrow morning, the Blog Manager and I will be sifting through each post. And the top 10 we like the best will be featured on this post (the one you’re reading right now).

Note that even if your post isn’t selected to be in the top 10, you’re still getting major promotion because thousands of people read the comments.

One last thing. Each day I see blogs I’ve never before seen. Some of them have really appealing blog themes. But others, well, the content is great, but the blog theme is so poorly designed that it takes away from the whole project.

May I encourage all of you to read #1 of this post and buy the blog theme I recommend? It will not only make a big difference in increasing your traffic, but readers will come back because of the appealing screen candy. Design is paramount when it comes to blogging. Just sayin’.

I can’t wait to see your best blog posts!

Update:

As promised, the Blog Manager selected 10 of the best posts submitted. This decision was extremely difficult.  It was so difficult for me that I put the task entirely in the hands of our beloved Blog Manager, as I couldn’t make the call.

So if your blog was selected, you can thank me because this promotion was my idea. :-) If it wasn’t, you can blame the Blog Manager as it was all her fault. :-)

Two things in closing:

1. When looking at the different blogs, I noticed that very few of you are using the theme I recommended in this post (see point #1). If you want more traffic to your blog and you wish to take your blog up several notches in appearance, I suggest you reconsider adding this new theme.

2. There are many . . . yes many . . . bloggers in their 20s and 30s who I know personally who subscribe to this blog who didn’t post yesterday. And there were others in that age group who I don’t know personally, but I know they subscribe and they didn’t post either.

I assume these peeps were so busy yesterday that they didn’t take time to read the post. Poor souls . . . you missed another free promotion.

Here are the 10 posts the Blog Manager chose to highlight. These aren’t in any order, so the ones she liked the best aren’t necessarily at the top. Be sure to take a look at the others in the comments also. I thought many of those were excellent too. Thanks for particpatin’ and not hatin’. :-)

Are You Listening? – http://renewing-your-mind.blogspot.com/2012/01/jesus-says-follow-me-are-you-listening.html

No Condemnation – http://www.stonecall.com/?p=1094

I’m A Dreamer – http://bobbyauner.blogspot.com/2011/10/im-dreamer.html

Blessed are the poor in spirit – http://nischelle.blogspot.com/2012/01/blessed-are-poor-in-spirit.html

Do you live by the Zoe-Life of God? – http://icallyoufriend.com/2012/03/27/zoe-life/

“A Complementarian Blind Spot? Some Questions for Male Church Leaders”– http://joyinthisjourney.com/2011/11/a-complementarian-blind-spot/

I Wrote This Because You Are Beautiful — http://courtcan.com/inspiration/you-are-beautiful/

Heaven to Earth: The Christian Hope in the Resurrection — http://daviddflowers.com/2009/04/28/heaven-to-earth-the-christian-hope-in-the-resurrection-part-i-of-iii/

My little castle – http://burgenator.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/my-little-castle/

Expressing Christ in Organic Church – http://xpchrist.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/expressing-christ-in-organic-church/

26 Responses to “Promote Your Best Blog Post”

  1. Kemi Ola March 30, 2012 at 11:10 pm #

    Dear Human – http://realitythrukemieyes.blogspot.ca/2008/03/sabbath-series-3-dear-human.html

  2. Casey Bombacie March 30, 2012 at 4:54 pm #

    Your dream stinks!

    http://caseybombacie.com/2011/05/31/your-dream-stinks/

  3. Jon Scherdin March 30, 2012 at 4:20 pm #

    Community life in the body of Christ: Viewing shame, vulnerability, and worthiness in light of Him

    http://handswideopen.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/community-life-in-the-body-of-christ-viewing-shame-vulnerability-and-worthiness-in-light-of-him/

  4. Nick Mackison March 30, 2012 at 3:51 pm #

    This is a post I re-worked from a few years back. It’s about the folly of waiting for our Christian lives to start:

  5. David D. Flowers March 30, 2012 at 3:50 pm #

    Here is my three-part blog post that was published as a single article in Searching Together Magazine (Autumn/Winter 09).

    Heaven to Earth: The Christian Hope in the Resurrection — http://daviddflowers.com/2009/04/28/heaven-to-earth-the-christian-hope-in-the-resurrection-part-i-of-iii/

  6. Courtney Cantrell March 30, 2012 at 3:09 pm #

    I Wrote This Because You Are Beautiful — http://courtcan.com/inspiration/you-are-beautiful/

    –for anyone who needs encouragement.

  7. Jimmy Proulx March 30, 2012 at 2:14 pm #

    Love Your Wife http://jimmyproulx.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/love-your-wife/

  8. Nathan March 30, 2012 at 1:55 pm #

    My little castle
    http://burgenator.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/my-little-castle/

  9. mark March 30, 2012 at 1:29 pm #

    Expressing Christ in Organic Church
    http://xpchrist.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/expressing-christ-in-organic-church/

    This post is an illustration of what it can be like for a group of Christians to partake of Christ together in an meeting with no clergy where Christ is Head.

    This is by FAR the most popular post I’ve put on the blog, and I’ve received a lot of compliments on this one.

  10. Todd Smith March 30, 2012 at 1:05 pm #

    Friday Favorites http://www.lifeatlivinghope.blogspot.com/2012/03/friday-favorites_30.html

    I like the Friday Favorites I do. It encourages me to look back on my week with gratitude.

  11. Dylan March 30, 2012 at 1:03 pm #

    Do you live by the Zoe-Life of God? – http://icallyoufriend.com/2012/03/27/zoe-life/

    This is the latest post in a series entitled: Living with Christ as our SOURCE. It sums up what has been covered in the series so far and introduces a new exciting section on “The Tree of Life”!

    @Frank: You might be pleasantly surprised with what you find in this post… ;)

  12. Joy @ joy in this journey March 30, 2012 at 12:44 pm #

    “A Complementarian Blind Spot? Some Questions for Male Church Leaders” http://joyinthisjourney.com/2011/11/a-complementarian-blind-spot/

  13. Samuel March 30, 2012 at 12:31 pm #

    It’s hard for me to pick a favorite, so I just picked the latest one.

    No Condemnation – http://www.stonecall.com/?p=1094

  14. Nischelle Reagan March 30, 2012 at 12:27 pm #

    Blessed are the poor in spirit: http://nischelle.blogspot.com/2012/01/blessed-are-poor-in-spirit.html

  15. Bobby (@reformedlostboy) March 30, 2012 at 12:18 pm #

    This is my personal fave and I’m glad I’m not the only one.

    I’m A Dreamer- http://bobbyauner.blogspot.com/2011/10/im-dreamer.html

  16. Yvette Dempster March 30, 2012 at 12:18 pm #

    The 4th Dimension-Living Whole
    http://the-adoption.org/the-4th-dimension-living-whole/

  17. Aadel March 30, 2012 at 12:01 pm #

    I am writing a series about spiritual abuse. This is my favorite post on the subject: The Good Shepherd- or servantship

  18. Jon Phillips March 30, 2012 at 11:33 am #

    I don’t know if it’s my best post but certainly it is one of my favorites. It’s about who the “weak” and “strong” are in Paul’s letter to the church at Rome.

    Luthers Trap http://drawntotorah.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/luthers-trap/

  19. Lynley March 30, 2012 at 11:00 am #

    This is my favourite post, its a help in times of not knowing. I read a similar experience somewhere in my books of past. But I think this one stands out for me.

    http://thehonestone.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/the-storstad-and-the-empress/

  20. Daniel March 30, 2012 at 10:55 am #

    A vision for Church that changes our towns, cities and nations – http://churchtransformed.org/church-that-changes/

  21. Mark Champion March 30, 2012 at 10:39 am #

    Oh look in this bag. A cat. Or two.
    http://marklchampion.com/2012/03/08/oh-look-in-this-bag-a-cat-or-two/

    Releasing Cats out of the Bag! Words that may have different meanings. Enjoy!

  22. Dallas March 30, 2012 at 10:05 am #

    Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy – http://thepilgrimspath.net/2011/09/01/orthodoxy-and-heterodoxy/

  23. Dan Jr. March 30, 2012 at 10:03 am #

    The Psychological Junk Food: Cynicism
    http://danwhitejr.blogspot.com/2012/03/psychological-junk-food-cynicism.html

    Here is one of favorite posts dealing with the pervasive sickness of cynicism and how it kills Community.

  24. Keri Williams March 30, 2012 at 9:54 am #

    What Christians can learn from Baal Worshipers: http://keriwilliams.wordpress.com/2012/03/10/what-christians-can-learn-from-baal-worshipers/

    Thanks!

  25. Jean McGinnis March 30, 2012 at 9:13 am #

    Christianity and Creative Literature http://graceforjean.blogspot.com/2012/03/should-christians-break-out-of.html

  26. Kelly Youngblood March 30, 2012 at 8:52 am #

    Jesus Says “Follow Me”. Are You Listening?: http://renewing-your-mind.blogspot.com/2012/01/jesus-says-follow-me-are-you-listening.html

    This is my favorite because it is part of the bridge between who I was a couple of months ago and who I am becoming after having had to move.